• Participated in San Diego State University print-making workshop with Prof. Paul Lingren, U.S.A,1983.
  • Offered demonstration on print-making in the Faculty of Arts, San Diego State University, U.S.A 1983.
  • Attended Relief Print Making workshop at University of Southern California with Michael Rothenstein,1983.
  • Participated in the original Bookmaking Workshop organized by University of Southern California with Cornelia Von Mengershausen of Germany, 1983.
  • Participated in Drawing Workshop organized by University of Southern California, Idyllwild, U.S.A with Francoise Gilot, 1983
  • Public Reception: At Imperial Valley College, Texas, U.S.A. 1983
  • Guest Artist Sand Diego State University, San Diego OCA Print Studio 1983
  • Attended Printmaking workshop with Donald E Smith Printmaker, Dean of Visual Art at United States International University San Diego 1983
  • Represented India Festival at U.S.A, 1985.
  • Participated in the 3rd Biennale of Seychelles orgainzed by Ministry of Local Government, Culture & Sports Seychelles,1992
  • Acted as Director for Art workshop at Nagaland organized by Lalit Kala Akademi New Delhi, India 1992.
  • Attended two week ‘Colour Viscocity’ Print making workshop with Gunduz Golonu of the Kala institute, Berkeley CA 1993
  • Attended two-week Printmaking workshop at USA with Adrain Van Suctelen, University of Utah 1993.
  • Acted as Commissioner for Lalit Kala Academy at the 1st Eastern Print Biennial Bhubaneswar, India, 1995
  • Assisted in directing a film on “The Weeping Island” for UNESCO, 2000.
  • Appointed as a curator for Eastern Regional act Exhibition at Manipur organized by Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, India, 2002.
  • Participate in 4th Egyptian International Print Triennale at Opera House Complex, Cairo and Alexandria 2003.

FELLOWSHIP:

  • Awarded 24 week “Artist-in-residency to study Printmaking “ISOMATE” University of Southern California and San Diego State University Print Studio 1983.
  • Research fellowship from Lalit Kala Akademi, Ministry of Culture, Govt of India, New Delhi, India 1983.
  • Awarded Fellowship from Banff Centre, for studio residency on the subject of Neomythism Canada 1991.
  • Senior Fellowship from Ministry of Culture, Govt of India for the year 1997-1998. 

AWARDS:

  • NETV People Choice Award, Assam, 2005
  • Pranab Barua Life Time Achievement Award, Assam, 2010
  • Bishnu Rabha Award, 2009.
  • Prag Cine Award for Best Art Director for Rodor Sithi,2015 

OVERSEAS Individual Shows:

  • National Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA), Kathmandu, Nepal, 1981
  • Bowman Gallery, University of Southern California, USA, 1983
  • Gallery Atelier 6000, Idyllwild, California, USA, 1983.
  • Station Gallery, Imperial Valley Texas, U.S.A 1983.
  • Water Philips Gallery, Banff Centre, Canada, 1991.

Individual Shows:

  • 1st Student show at Sankardev College, Shillong, Meghalaya, 1968.
  • State Art Gallery, Guwahati, Assam, India, 1979
  • Little Theatre Gallery, New Delhi, India, 1979.
  • State Art Gallery, Guwahati, Assam, India, 1981.
  • Lalit Kala Stdio’s Gallery, Garhi, New Delhi, India, 1983.
  • State Art Gallery, Guwahati, Assam, India, 1979-1984.
  • Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, India, 1987.
  • Artist Studio Gallery, Guwahati, Assam, India, 1994.
  • Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata, India, 1996.
  • Lalit Kala Academy, Rabindra Bhawan, New Delhi, organized by O.N.G.C New Delhi, India, 1996.
  • Art Konsult Gallery organized by Art Konsult and Art and Deal, New Delhi, India, 1999.
  • Jahangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, India, 2001.
  • Artist Studio Gallery, Guwahati, Assam, India, 2006

International Exhibition:

  • Mini Print International Exhibition, Cadaques, Spain, 1983-84-85
  • Ninth International Contemporary Art Exhibition, New Delhi, India, 1984.
  • International Exhibition ‘Against War’- Majdanek, Poland, 1985.
  • Participated in contemporary Indian Print Making at Helsinki, Yugolavia and Bonn, organized by Indian Council for Cultural Relation, 1985.
  • Contemporary Indian Art, Festival of India in U.S.A. 1985
  • Art Biennial, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1986.
  • Traveling exhibition of prints to several European countries organized by India Council for Cultural Relation (ICCR) 1986-87.
  • International Biennial of print, Bharat Bhawan, Bhopal, India, 1989.
  • International festival of Telecommunication Art at Germany,1991.
  • 5th Triennale in India, New Delhi, India,1991.
  • 3rd Biennial of Visual Arts, of Seychelles, 1992
  • International Exhibition of Prints at Missouri, U.S.A, 1994.
  • International Exhibition at Gallery 206, Missouri, U.S.A. 1994.
  • International Exhibition, Tarleton State University, Texas, U.S.A. 1994.
  • International Exhibition, Chadron State College, Nebraska, U.S.A, 1994.
  • ‘Print Types’ International Exhibition, at Abeline Texas University, Texas, 1997.
  • 4th Bharat Bhawan International Biennial of Prints 1997.
  • ‘Print Types’ International Exhibition, at Indian Hills Community College Lowa, U.S.A 1998.
  • ‘World Print Survey’International Exhibition at Truman State University, Missouri, U.S.A, 1998.
  • ‘Print Types’ International Exhibition at Indiana University, Indiana, U.S.A, 1999.
  • ‘Contemporary Etching’International Exhibition at North West Missouri State University, Missouri, U.S.A, 1999.
  • 10th Trienale Indian, an Exhibition of Contemporary World Art at New Delhi,2001.
  • All India Senior Artist Painting Workshop at New Delhi organized by AIFCS,2001-02.
  • Participated in “Director’s Choice” International Exhibition at Missouri Western State College, Missouri, 2003, U.S.A.
  • Invited to Fourth Egyptian International Print Triennale 2003 at Cairo,and Alexandria 2003 organised by Egyptian Ministry of Culture.
  • ‘Exhibited in Austria, Bulgaria, Bylorussia, Czechoslovakia, Japan,
  • Yugoslavia, Poland, Germany, Sweden, Hungary and the U.S.A. Sponsored by UNESCO.

Exhibitions Participated:

  • All India Graphics Exhibition, Chandigarh, India, 1981.
  • “National Exhibition of Art” organized by Lalit Kala Academi, New Delhi, India, 1982-83-84-85-1987-1988.
  • Hyderabad Lalit Kala Academy, India, 1982.
  • Academy of the Fine Arts, Calcutta, India, 1982.
  • Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata, India, 1982-83
  • All India Fine Art and Craft Society,New Delhi, India, 1982-83.
  • Mumbai Art Society, Mumbai, India, 1984.
  • All India Drawing Exhibition, Chandigarh, India, 1984.
  • Invited artist, Contemporary Indian Print Making at organized by Jahangir Art Gallery. Mumbai, India, 1985.
  • ‘History of print making’ Exhibition at New Delhi& Kolkata, organized by Indian Council for Cultural Relation, New Delhi,India,1985
  • Invited artist: ‘Indian Drawing Today’ organized by Jehangir Art Galley,Mumbai, India 1987.
  • Three- Men Show at Pundle Art Gallery, Mumbai, India,1990.
  • Eastern Region Art Exhibition, Kolkata, India, 1990.
  • ‘The Downtrodden and We’, National Exhibition organized by Lalit Kala Akademi New Delhi, India, 1992.
  • Invited to ‘Focus North East’ 1992 organized by Lalit Kala Academi,  New Delhi India, 1992.
  • ‘Radical Indian Art 1922- 98’ organized by Academy of Fine Art and Literature, New Delhi, India 1992 curated by Suneet Chopra.
  • ‘Creative and Stylistic’ Anamica Art Gallery, New Delhi, India, 1993.
  • Exhibition of prints at Husain-ki- Sarai, Faridabad, India, 1993.
  • All India Drawing Exhibition, Chandigarh, India, 1995.
  • Exhibition of ‘Contemporary Indian Artists’ Mumbai complied by Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai India 1997.
  • Exhibition of Contemporary Indian Art, at Y.B. Chavan Art Gallery, organized by Dawn Communications Mumbai, India 1997.
  • ‘Crafts and Creativity’ Organized by Ministry of Tourism Govt. of India and North Zone Cultural Centre at Surajkund, Haryana, India 1998
  • All India Art Exhibition at Artist Central Mumbai, organized by Mudra Art Foundation, Pune, India 1997.
  • Graphic Art in India since 1850 Lalit Kala Akademi New Delhi, India 1985.

CAMPS:

  • Print making Workshop at Regional Centre Lalit Kala Academi Kolkata organized by United States Information Centre, 1984.
  • All India Painter’s Camp at Patna, Organized by Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi India 1985.
  • All India Painting Workshop in connection with ‘SAARC’ meet at Bangalore, India, 1986.
  • Waterless Lithography Workshop at Bharat Bhawan, Bhopal, India, 1994.
  • ‘National Artist Camp’ organized by Mudra Art Foundation at Pune, India, 1997.
  • Painters and Sculptors Workshop at Surajkund, Haryana organized by North Zone Cultural Centre, India1998.
  • All India Senior Artists Camp at New Delhi organized by All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society 2001.
  • National Workshop at Guwahati Assam, organized by “SPEED”
  • Regional Painting Workshop at Rabindra Bhawan organized by Cultural Affairs.
  • Cartoon workshop organized by Martin Rowson of U.K at Guwahati, Assam ,India 2010.
  • Painting Workshop organized by Chitrakala Parishath Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Collections:

  • University of Southern California, U.S.A.
  • Sandiego State University U.S.A. Gallery Atelier 6000, U.S.A.
  • Station Gallery, U.S.A.
  • Royal Nepal Academi, Nepal.
  • State Museum Majdanek, Poland.
  • United States Information Centre, Kolkata, India.
  • United State Library of Congress, New Delhi India.
  • Lalit Kala Studio, New Delhi India.
  • National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi India.
  • State Art Gallery, Assam, India.
  • Belgium Embassy, New Delhi India.
  • Guwahati Refinery, Assam, India.
  • Chase Bank, New York. Birla Akademi, Kolkata,India.
  • Central Lalit Kala Academi, New Delhi, India.
  • ONGC, New Delhi India.
  • Oil India Ltd New Delhi, India.
  • Sankadev Kala Khetra Assam, India.
  • Indian Institute of Bank Management, Guwahati Assam, India
  • Tourism Development Corporation, Assam India and many Private Collection, India or abroad.
  • Numaligarh Refinery, Assam, India.

PUBLICATIONS:

  • A Colour- Album Published by Tata Tea Ltd., India
  • Indian Print making Today by Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, India
  • Indian Drawing Today by Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, India
  • 50 Years of Indian Print Making.

COMMISSION FOR:

  • Modern Sculpture as Innovative thematic Metal Sculpture Garden at Jorhat, Assam India
  • 40×50 ft high Ceramic Mural on Culture of Assam at National Bank For Agriculture & Rural Development ‘NABARD” Bhawan Guwahati,Assam,India
  • Conceptual Designing and Mural of Open Air Theater at Golaghat,Assam,India

NOMINATED:

  • Govt of India nominated him to the General Council of Lalit Kala Akademi New Delhi India1981-1984, 1984-1986.
  • Govt of Assam nominated him to the General Council of Lalit Kala Akademi New Delhi,India 1989- 1994.
  • Nominated him as a Commissioner by Lalit Kala Akademi for 1st Eastern Print Biennale organized by RLKK at Bhubaneswar, India 1995.
  • Government of Assam nominated him as a member of Programme Committee of North East Zonal Cultural Centre (NEZCC), Dimapur, Nagaland, India, 1996-1998,2002-2004,2012-2014.
  • Government of Assam nominated him as a member of Executive Committee of Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre (EZCC), Kolkata, India, 2006-2008, 2012-2015.
  • Nominated him as a curator for Eastern Regional Exhibition at Manipur by Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, India 2002
  • Nominated him as a member of National Apex Committee for National Gallery of Modern Art New, Ministry of Cultural Affairs.
  • Nominated him as a Jury Member for National Exhibition of Art by Lalit Kala Akademi at Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal, India 2006.
  • Nominated him as Advisory Committee, National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, India 1999.
  • Nominated him as Advisory Committee, for Indian Council for Cultural Relations ICCR from North East Zone 2016-2019.

MUSEUM COLLECTION

  • State museum Majdanek,Poland (registered number PMM-1-2-325)
  • Library of Congress, Washington,D.C, U.S

Member:

  • Life Time Member, The Print Consortium Missouri, U.S.A.
  • Guwahati Artists Guild, Guwahati, Assam, India,
  • Advisory Committee, Rashtriya Lalit Kala Akademi ,Kolkata, India, 1994-1996.
  • Assam Publication Board, Guwahati; Assam, India, 1999.
  • Srimanta Sankardev Kalakshetra Society; Assam, India 1999 to 2003.
  • Member, St. Michalci’s Printshop, New foundland, Canada.
  • Member of Guwahati University Court, Assam, India 2009-2011